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The Royal William Victualling Yard and basin. The Royal William Victualling Yard in Stonehouse, a suburb of Plymouth, England, was the major victualling depot of the Royal Navy and an important adjunct of Devonport Dockyard. It was designed by the architect Sir John Rennie and was named after King William IV. [1]
Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste (born in Bergerac, France 1663, died in Acadia after August 1714) was a French privateer famous for the success he had against New England merchant shipping and fishing interests during King William's War and Queen Anne's War. [1] Baptiste's crew members were primarily Acadians.
The Cremyll Ferry is a foot passenger ferry across the Hamoaze (the estuary of the River Tamar) from Admirals Hard in Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon to Cremyll in Cornwall. It is operated by Plymouth Boat Trips, and runs approximately every 30 minutes, with an 8-minute crossing time.
However, Royal William Yard, also a walled site, welcomes the public freely (apart from car parking charges) to its increasing number of food outlets, and has part of the South West Coast Path running through it, using a staircase specially constructed in 2013. [19] In 2013 a marina was opened within Millbay Docks. [20]
The American Craftsman home was designed for attorney Pierre Ferry by Seattle architect John Graham. The art glass windows in the main hall with the elaborate peacock were designed by Tiffany Studios. Orlando Giannini of the Chicago firm Giannini & Hilgart designed the mosaic with its wisteria motif. It is regarded as the finest Arts and Crafts ...
Union Steam Ship Company ferry. 1950 MV Royal Iris: 1448 Former Mersey ferry, now berthed at Woolwich, London 1951 MV Portree: 53 1458 CSP Passenger Car Ferry 1951 MV Lochalsh: 24 1459 CSP Passenger Car Ferry for Lochalsh-Kyleakin ferry 1953 MV Fenerbahçe: 994 1456 Former Passenger Ferry, now a museum ship in Istanbul, Turkey 1953 MV Arran ...
HMS Royal Oak: 1892: Battleship Royal Navy [31] TSS City of Belfast: 1893: Passenger liner United Kingdom [32] HMS Banshee: 1894: Destroyer Royal Navy [33] HMS Contest: 1894: Destroyer Royal Navy [33] HMS Dragon: 1894: Destroyer Royal Navy [33] HMS Lynx: 1894: Destroyer Royal Navy [34] SS Titan: 1894: Tug boat United Kingdom [8] HMS Quail: 1895 ...
Royal Victoria Yard, Deptford (1918 – 21 April 1958) PLA building (November 1946 – 1973) Furze House (21 April 1958 – 1976) Thomas More Street (1970s) E. Smithfield (1978–1979) Lavington Street (1979–1982) St Katharine's Way (1 February 1988 – present) There was also a branch, HMS Co President, established at Shrewsbury between 1944 ...